TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236862 [ 2024TNSTR5030....1O ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-23 16:35:28
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

D. O'Neill, G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aern
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24jhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:55:39.849 (103.916039) DEC = -35:53:08.06 (-35.885573)
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 10:58:22.944 (JD=2460663.957214)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 10:58:22.944
Flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-3
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 11:15:24
Limiting flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aern